Yeah, I saw this over on the WBG forum. My main beef was with the "Webmaster" because after repeated requests he wouldn't even tell us his real name!!

Ehhh..... kinda fishy to me.

Brooke

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there were some 16,000,000 American Veterans who took part in the Victory in WWII. I find it disheartening that the vast majority of those who are still living will never see another dime for the part they played in that victory. Since "Band of Brothers" first aired, this one particular unit seems to be getting most of the accolades and almost all the financial rewards. To me this is the greater tragedy here, and this has been bothering me for some time. I think all Veterans deserve more for what they did. It's a real shame that things have turned out this way.

Jim

I won't even begin! Let the buyer beware!

Seems sad, but I guess WWII vets and their families aren't exempt from trying to milk folks. Ya, I know; you'd hope it would BE different.

Also, I agree that ALL WWII vets should be honored regardless of their division, etc. As many people say and said, Easy Co, did their job and proudly, but they didn't win the war by themselves. Even the men from the 101st that I know, will tell ya the same thing.

I see that Papa Art has asked a reasonable question. I wonder if they will answer it?

I seem to be lost, where is the question?

Brooke

Ya Jiggs, from what you told me, posts on their site keep disappearing. That seems a pretty crappy way to run a forum. Let's see, I don't like your question; hit the delete key... Says a lot doesn't it?

The folks running it have already pissed off the people they should be trying to reach. It doesn't seem like their goals and purposes have honor, if they show no respect for the people who would support them.

John Wannamaker said it best over a hundred years ago.

"The customer is always right!"

W.C. Fields

"Never give a sucker and even break"

I think they operate under the second quotation!

Hang Tough!

Ya Jiggs, from what you told me, posts on their site keep disappearing. That seems a pretty crappy way to run a forum. Let's see, I don't like your question; hit the delete key... Says a lot doesn't it?

Although they created a good site. The way they are working is so unrespectful. They used other people to create there own network to get in contact with the E-com. vets. The people they have used before have been putted aside, even without to say thank you.

Frank

You are right Frank, It is an attractive site, but none the less it is a duplication of many other's hard work efforts to honor the men. They have posted pictures taken by some family members and friends that give the impression that they have the blessing of all members of Easy. None could be farther from the truth. There are pictures of Bill and Babe on their tour with WW2 Tours from 2004. It gives the impression that the new site ran the trip. Again misinformation. Most people won't check the sources, they will just look and assume. Not a very trustworthy group behind this.

You are right Frank, It is an attractive site, but none the less it is a duplication of many other's hard work efforts to honor the men. They have posted pictures taken by some family members and friends that give the impression that they have the blessing of all members of Easy. None could be farther from the truth. There are pictures of Bill and Babe on their tour with WW2 Tours from 2004. It gives the impression that the new site ran the trip. Again misinformation. Most people won't check the sources, they will just look and assume. Not a very trustworthy group behind this.

I have met one of the webmasters before. He was a friendly guy, perhaps too friendly? Is there anything that someone can do from stopping them? Sometimes I have used pictures from the internet for our own site. I know that this is wrong and we stopped. Those were pictures which were made during the war. It was never my intention to give people the idea that I have those pictures. But the pictures of our battlefield trips are all selfmade, as you can see that we are standing nearby or behind the veterans.

Yes, the 101 A.B. fought a good war. However from Marions posting of casualty figures

and days of combat in Europe it makes one wonder. No Airborne Div had near the

figures of one hell of a lot of the just plain Infantry divisions. Along with the false claim

in B.O.B. of capturing Berchestgaden also makes one wonder. I wonder if they will ever admit to it ??? As Recon 3-7-I once posted "evidentally if it wasnt done by the Rangers, Airborne, or "special troops" it wasnt done". Believe it or not guys, a small bit of the war was won by regular ground pounders. In fact, one hell of a lot of it. I just

wonder how many other soldiers were at Bastone when they got their name in fame?

But no other outfits were hardly mentioned.

But no other outfits were hardly mentioned.

This is what is a shame. It's great that a unit gets their due recognition and the 101st definitely should get theirs for what they did and went through at Bastogne, but what happens is so many others failed to get mentioned and become lost in the haze...

But that is why sites like this and others are so important. They show and give credit to the ground pounders, engineers, and other who played vital roles in WWII, not only at the Battle of the Bulge, but in all the campaigns from '41-45.

All of us need to educate the public and make them aware of the larger scale.

I see that Papa Art has asked a reasonable question. I wonder if they will answer it?

Well according to Jiggs, they DID DELETE Papa Art's post. Now that's a rotten shame. It's not as though he were beligerent. He asked a legitimate question, and was ignored. No he wasn't ignored he was banished!